Identify what is most important )0( Eliminate everything elseThe idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world. Dr. Paul FarmerThe suffering of others is not alleviated when no one knows about it.There is no one right way to live. Daniel QuinnIshmaelThe only thing that you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right sort of people.We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

yikes

One down. I visited my dentist today, and had my teeth cleaned, and had my broken tooth appliance assessed. It cannot be repaired. The replacement cost is over a thousand dollars. That is the yikes.

On a brighter side, I had no tartar or plaque, and that is with not having my teeth cleaned in over two years. I take good care of my weird mix of regular teeth, that little appliance and all kinds of crowns and stuff. I have my own scalers and use them every week or so. I brush twice a day, adding a third time when I have ten or twelve hour days. I floss.

I have a night guard because I have TMJ, because of, well all that other stuff. It does not work and has twice moved in my mouth and choked me awake. Turns out that it was not made properly in the first place. I have had that thing and been struggling with it for a year. The brighter side of that is that because it was their fault, I am getting a new one at no cost, along with a big apology.

I also have gingivitis on one tooth, a back molar. I mean, how can you have that on one tooth? You can have it on one tooth if your night guard does not fit properly and you have to wear your flipper twenty-four hours a day, and that teeny bit of plastic that looks like a tooth causes an allergic reaction or some such nonsense.

So, a fluoride treatment and an expensive bottle of swishy-washy stuff (neither of which was covered by insurance) and it should heal. Nicely and well. Yay.

Other than that, it was a pretty decent day, particularly getting a tiny tube of paste and a new toothbrush. Yay.

Next week glasses and the week after a check-up. This week family on the weekend. I am not a huge fan of holidays and extended family. It is too much for a shy person to take sometimes. Not always, but often it seems too stressful, although I am very grateful to have great family around which to be shy.

I have a pretty darn fabulous life now. Lots of things for which to be grateful.

About Me

I am 66 years old, mother, grandmother, friend, all the rest. Artist and domestic abuse survivor, married 45 years, now on my own, with CoolCat, just making a life for ourselves. I am more than that - suspect I might be -sincerely hope I am. This is my journey to find who I really could be. This blog is the part of that journey that heralds my renewed connections with the world and people I love, even if we have never met.